Start time: 9/23/07, 8:00am
Location: National Mall
Distance: 8 miles
Average pace: ???

For today’s run, Fred told everyone that watches and GPS units were a strict no-no; the idea was to listen to your body instead of depending on your watch and to pick your pace accordingly. It was a really nice run; Erika, Laura, Paul, a new woman (Diane?), and I headed out for an easy 8-miler around the Mall. Erika soon took off (being much faster than us) and Diane decided to head off with her. Around the same time we also picked up an extra runner (Audrey) and the four of us stuck together up until around mile 5; Paul dropped back then, and while Audrey went ahead a bit, I soon ended up with her and Laura just a stone’s throw behind us. (It was surprisingly hot today for the end of September. Bleah.)

If I had to guess how fast we were going I’d hazard somewhere around an 8:45min/mile pace. It felt good, and that was the important thing.